emmer
/ˈɛmɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname
Example Sentences
- "Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Emmer, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛmɚ/
- British English: /ˈɛmə/